Single-truck car.



No.' 878,181. PATENTBD P1184, 1808.

E.l A. BARBER. SINGLE 138110118811.A

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18. 1907.

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gwventoz lll .i ferilli i il WARE A. BARBER, OF WTERTOWN, NEW YORKSNGLEmtUCI. CAR,

No. 8785181, Specoetion ci' Letters atent. eented 1808.

Application filed July 18; 1907i Se 'al No. 33e-@ld l are ogopo we "t:the pistons mounted iii To all whom it 'may concern.'

:me provided with suitable Be it known that I, EDWARD A. "Ediesse, s ltlze cylinder, citizen oi" the United States, residing lrets 1.7./Votertown, in the county of le'lersoii and 5 State of New York, haveinvented certain l from e piston i6 te its corresponding henger 59 new:md useful .impr veiiieiits iii Siiigiel l). Esch eiid .of o cylinder i2is provided Truck Oers, of which the followingl speeli l with e heed i9,having e cylindrical elonge are pistou rods, erich olv which extendscotioii. tion 2Q, in 'which is ,seated che end of je coil The obyoct ofmy inventif), to adept sir spring 2l which surrounds the piston rod, 1 1I orelres to siiigledi'ucl s* wey cars mid et s other end seats agonistthe piston. 65

iii the eloriylgetioiisj ereV ef o the pister; rods, so that lep'iideii. e piston ro'ds are i e t" c iiiieeirient be. braking system foreach side ol the. o en their ends :md ti1 outer ends may such a naturethat all tho brakes :rre applied move in en are with respect to thepiston Mi, 70

Wi thout eiiipleyiii die mul iplir J iiilcruiiis7 drew rods, etc.;etui-ther ohicc of' my invention is to 'pro vide en im withequeladvantage and eli'ect, arid with and compensate Yfor creeping ofthe Drake these mirroiobjects in View, my invention shoe with the Wheel,end evoid the oiettering consists in the combination of parts herein--that would otherwise erisiie. l I after fully described mid psrticuieriyoiritcd '.ii order to prevent ruud, ete., from .pessout iii the claims.ing into the cylinders around the piston rodsJ/g Q "in the dre vingforming port e this specii el )se the openings iii. elozigetioris/Q/y'licetioiu Figure E. is top plein View of step collars 22 mounted uponsolid piston true"L embodying' my invention, psi 'be'iigj rod removed.Fig. side elevation o tion through one of the cyliiideis. tive-sidesoli' the c y ii that ii" either@ *linder i sind 2 represent the outerside-'ieriies of 2 develops zier its .associate ports e single certruck, ifo. which are joiirheled the become diserrenged, it may bethrown out Wheels 3, of ooerotiou by 'closing the stop coekh thus 4 arestandards projecting upwardly from cutting ofi the supply of oir, andpermitting 55 s '25 seme. Fig. 3 e Vertical longitudinal secindependentor duplex brakes for the respeo- 30 the side frames :ind arranged iiipairs on. o'pthe brelro oril the other side 'of the eer to posite sidesof the truck. supply lor-tiring power74 se that the cer they 5 are trussrods extending; transversely cilroplete its trip in si ety.

across the truck with vtheir eiids secured iii Esch cylinder, ixioimtedoh e, side treme,

n projects inward into direct line `with' the 90 6 are castings ori thezii-his 7, if idiiig Vwhf-Jels on its side oi the' truck, 1r1d, cerise.brake-hanger brackets which rigidly seqiiently, the 'pistonscv..-ifiiicce d with the Cured. by caps 8 oud the lo Q upon the brakehangersiii-amdi'ecthnewith the bieie truss rods et mi ees mid thus ii tsaid positive 40 frames and in ti.- ogeiistt corresponding 95 the standerds el.

ended 'from the brackets 7. eiid supporting et their lower ends thebrake shoes il.

i2 are cylinders provided with cast brackets by iieuiis of whichseidcylinders are bolted to the inside of the side .frames l of thext'ruclrand from which they project inwerdiy into the planes o? the Wheels.

pipe ooiiiiecti si` understood that do not Wish to be limited to thespecific details of construction shown.' Hmong thus describedv myinvention, what 'cleim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A 'truck tor single trncl street railway eers cono rising sldeframes, pairs of Wlleels jonrnele neer the respective ends ci" thevbrakes, breite shoes supported in brsking eleton to the w'lieels, androds connected et their respective ends to the movable meer bers ot ellebrakes and with the bleke shoes.

f2. A truck for single' truck street railway eers comprising sideframes, pairs of Wheels journeyled neer the respective ends of, thetrdclr, between seid side iframes, end brakes comprising luid pressurecylinders supported et .intermediate points on, and pro ecting inwerdl'ffrom the' liespective side rames, o poseo. pistonsltted 1n. saidcylinders, brake s ces supported in braking relation to the Wheels endpiston rods connected et their respective ends to the pistons end withthe cesser.

brake shoes, but free from confinement between their ends.

3. A truck for single truck street railway cnrs comprising continuousside frames rig'-v idly connected together et their ends, pairs or"wheels between the side frames, journeled.

'the Wheels, brake cylinders mounted 'upon the side frames et pointsintermediate of the rods and having connections through which duidpressure is sup lied, and projecting ine Wer-diy from said si eflen1esinto the planes of the yWheels, opposed pistons in seid cylindcrs, endpiston rods connecting the respecu tive pistons directly with the brakeshoes.

The foregoing.r specification signed st Watertown, 1T. Y. this sixth deyof June, 1907.,

EDWARD A. BARBER.

ln presence of Witnesses ALBERT LLEFEBVRE, WILLIAM R. CLARK.

